Bracket.



P. E. WALDEN.

BRACKET. APPLIQATION FILED AUG. 14,1908. 936,061 Patented Oct. 5. 1909.

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FREDERICK E. WALDEN, 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRACKET.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. WAL- DEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of Worcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrackets, of which the following` is a specification. y

In putting up open-plumbing wash basins, water tanks, shelves and thelike, it is very difficult to get the same perfectly true, either onaccount of the supporting walls being out of plumb, or the brackets usedfor the purpose are not perfectly square, or for other reasons.

The object of this invention is the construction of a bracket thereforwhich shall be capable of having its members relatively adjustable to alimited extent, and so of enabling the basins, tanks or shelves to bemade accurately horizontal. In addition. to this feature ofadjustability, I have devised a bracket which can be formed wholly ofwire, and so made of minimum expense.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1is a perspective view of a bracket made in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a face view of a part of one of the bracket-members, showingthe eyes by means of which the same can be secured to the wall orarticle supported.

To render the bracket adjustable as above set forth, I prefer to havethe vertical member 2 and the horizontal member or arm 3 either flexiblyor pivotally united at their juncture, and have their outer ends joinedby a brace 4 which can be adapted for pressing such ends farther apartor drawing them closer together.

To make such an adjustable bracket comparatively inexpensive, I preferto manufacture the same almost entirely of heavy wire, as illustrated inFig. l, and hereinafter set forth. In thus constructing the bracket, Itake a single length of heavy metal wire rod of suitable gage for thepurpose to which it is designed, and bend the same at its midlength atan angle of ninety degrees, while its terminal sections are bent atacute angles into alinement with each other. The end of one of theseterminal sections is threaded, while the other is shouldered, and theturn buckle 5 is applied thereto. This turn buckle is composed of alength of wire bent into a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 14, 1908.

Patented oet. 5, 1909. Serial No. 448,474.

dered terminal section, and giving the two y legs or longer sides of theturn buckle a normal pressure toward or from each other, a frictionalresistance to turning isthereby caused between said terminal and thefeet, which eectually keeps the turn buckle from accidentally turningand causing the bracket to lose its position of adjustment.

In both the intermediate sections 2 and 3, I prefer to form eyes for thereception of the fastening screws or nails 7 each such eye being made bygiving the wire at such point a lateral sharp bend out, and then aroundin somewhat more than a semi-circle, and thence with a sharp bend on inalinement with the portion of the wire immediately preceding such bends;all the eyes of each section being in the same plane with the body ofthe wire and with themselves.

In using this adjustable bracket, the two or more required for thesupport of a tank, wash basin or other article, are first screwed to thewall or partition to which such article is to be attached, and then sucharticle placed upon the horizontal arms 3. The turn buckles 5 are thenturned up or down until the said article is found to be properlysupported, and the work is done. If the arms 3 are to be screwed ornailed to the under side of the article, I prefer to do this after theadjusting is done; although in some eases it will be necessary to give aslight adjustment to the brackets after they have been fastened to thearticle supported thereby, in order to make the'same perfect-ly true inposition.

What I claim as my invent-ion and for which I desire Letters Patent isas follows, to wit.:

A bracket comprising a length of wire bent to compose vertical andhorizontal arms and terminating in brace-sections, and a turn-buckleuniting the ends of said bracesections; said turn-buckle being composedof a length of wire bent into a rectangular loop with its endsoverlapping; said overlapping ends being apertured; the end of onebrace- In testimony that I Claim the foregoing section being shoulderedto t said aperlnvention, I have hereunto set my hand this tures, and theother end being threaded; and 11th day of August, 1908.

the partof said turn-buckle opposite to its FREDERICK E. WALDEY. 5overlapping ends being apertured and n- Vtnesses:

ternally threaded to tsaid threaded end of A. B. UPI-IAM,

the brace-section. C. H. WALDEN.

